Imagine a beautiful day in Stone Mountain, Georgia.

It had just rained lightly.

Now there’s a cool breeze drifting through the trees, and the sun is peeking in between the leaves.

I’m sitting on the porch, locked in, listening to one of my mentors on YouTube and writing down strategies.

Pen moving, ideas flowing.

Then this young man walks up.

He’s doing pest control—but not the traditional kind.

This one doesn’t use anything harmful or toxic.

I went to get my uncle, since this wasn’t my house, and let him handle it.

He didn’t want the service, but while I was out there, I asked the guy, “Do you own the company?”

He said, “Nah, I work with a friend who owns it. But I’m building a team.”

You could tell he was sharp.

Put-together.

Well-spoken.

Ambitious.

He was going door-to-door. Hustling.

He said, “How old do you think I am?”

I said, “28.”

He said, “Nope, 21.”

Man, I was taken aback by his maturity.

Then we started talking.

Out of nowhere, I asked him, “What do you do with your money?”

He paused and said, “Honestly, I blow a lot of it.”

So I started talking to him about intentionality with money.

I didn’t even get deep into what I’ve learned over the years, but I just told him, if you start being intentional now, at 21, by the time you hit 30, your understanding of money will be different. Way different.

You’ll have a head start most people never get.

Then we got into stocks.

He said he’s interested, but doesn’t know where to start.

So of course, I gave him my go-tos: Wall Street Trapper and Earn Your Leisure.

I said, “If you really want it, go learn. Start now. Don’t wait.”

Told him to open a Charles Schwab account and put something in it.

Don’t talk yourself out of it.

We ended up talking for 15–20 minutes.

Before he left, I told him to follow me on Instagram, and I followed him back.

Because I felt like—even if this wasn’t a one-on-one mentorship, the content I plan to put out could be mentorship from afar.

And the fact that we met face-to-face?

That just adds to it.

There’s something about meeting people in person.

When you see them and feel the energy in real life, it hits different.

That moment reminded me, 

Mentorship matters.

Here I was listening to my mentor, executing on what I’d learned.

And then, God allowed me to be a mentor in that same moment.

Even if he never sees me again, I pray he remembers that conversation.

That he takes action on it.

That he executes.

Because we need mentors in all areas of life, but especially in entrepreneurship.

Mentors and coaches help you collapse time.

They help you avoid unnecessary pitfalls.

They challenge your thinking and elevate your game.

Keep going.

Keep innovating.

God Bless The Entreprener®️